ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,725, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lex Submersible Pumps FZE Co. (UAQ One, United Arab Emirates).

"Direct drive motor-based reducer for a beam pumping unit" was invented by Anton Shakirov (Parekklisia, Cyprus), Vitaly Koropetskiy (Tbilisi, Gabon), Yaroslav Alekseev (Paphos, Cyprus), Anton Shkolnyi (Peyia, Cyprus), Zelim Agnaev (Tbiliski, Gabon) and Evgeny Nikonov (Batumi, Gabon).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The engine with the direct drive of the gearbox of the sucker road pump includes a stator with a magnetic circuit, a winding and an input box, a rotor with magnetic circuit cores and permanent magnets, a front shield, and a ...